For me, the term "Vegan" came into my awareness a little less than 5 years ago. I just couldn't understand how some people decided on their own to stop consuming any animal product, and judging on their physical appearance I couldn't understand how they had any energy left.
So for the moment I had no intention whatsoever to become a vegan, or a vegetarian at all.
Never would I have imagined that years later, the opportunity would come up and I would accept the challenge. Once you frequently share with people who have been in this lifestyle, you suddenly begin to question all the reason why we eat, why we eat meat and the real importance of a healthy lifestyle and nutrition. By listening to their experiences, I identified a few things that resonated with who I am as a person, and what do I want for my health. One is the process of decomposition of the meat since the moment it's killed, it no longer has the energy that kept her alive, neither all the nutrients it contains. Another one is the process of feeding the animals with hormones and other toxins so in shorter period the animals grows faster and bigger. At the end we are not really eating the farm grown little cow you see eating grass in the meadows, we eat cows or chickens who might never had seen sunlight, and are directly transported to slaughter houses.
I know the image you have in your mind is not pretty, but it is the harsh truth that helped me make a healthier decision. Today I have turned 3 weeks without eating any sort of animal, and I feel just fine. I have tried out a lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet, which means I can eat eggs and any derived diary product (Thankfully because I love cheese!!!).
Any changes I've noticed so far??
-I get hungry very very fast
-I go more than regularly to the bathroom
-I am more aware of how my food is cooked and the ingredients it contains
-The options are limitless. Really I can eat everything and anything without meats.
For now I am in no purpose of convincing anybody, as it may seem once someone asks you why you have stopped eating meat. If you ask me, I am going to answer you just the plain truth as for why I stopped eating. You now have the knowledge, and the option, it's your choice, I already made mine.
What I have noticed when talking to meat eaters, is that they quickly feel they are being attacked, and try to defend themselves with their arguments that eating meat it's the best for our bodies. I have a complete different perception but that is why I am taking the decision over my body, not over yours.
With time I hope this argument becomes less of opinions and more about facts. I watch a video today which said something really smart and it says:
"You tell me how many hospitals have vegans hospitalized, and how many carnivores, you'll noticed there's not a single vegan there".
So for the moment I had no intention whatsoever to become a vegan, or a vegetarian at all.
Never would I have imagined that years later, the opportunity would come up and I would accept the challenge. Once you frequently share with people who have been in this lifestyle, you suddenly begin to question all the reason why we eat, why we eat meat and the real importance of a healthy lifestyle and nutrition. By listening to their experiences, I identified a few things that resonated with who I am as a person, and what do I want for my health. One is the process of decomposition of the meat since the moment it's killed, it no longer has the energy that kept her alive, neither all the nutrients it contains. Another one is the process of feeding the animals with hormones and other toxins so in shorter period the animals grows faster and bigger. At the end we are not really eating the farm grown little cow you see eating grass in the meadows, we eat cows or chickens who might never had seen sunlight, and are directly transported to slaughter houses.
I know the image you have in your mind is not pretty, but it is the harsh truth that helped me make a healthier decision. Today I have turned 3 weeks without eating any sort of animal, and I feel just fine. I have tried out a lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet, which means I can eat eggs and any derived diary product (Thankfully because I love cheese!!!).
Any changes I've noticed so far??
-I get hungry very very fast
-I go more than regularly to the bathroom
-I am more aware of how my food is cooked and the ingredients it contains
-The options are limitless. Really I can eat everything and anything without meats.
For now I am in no purpose of convincing anybody, as it may seem once someone asks you why you have stopped eating meat. If you ask me, I am going to answer you just the plain truth as for why I stopped eating. You now have the knowledge, and the option, it's your choice, I already made mine.
What I have noticed when talking to meat eaters, is that they quickly feel they are being attacked, and try to defend themselves with their arguments that eating meat it's the best for our bodies. I have a complete different perception but that is why I am taking the decision over my body, not over yours.
With time I hope this argument becomes less of opinions and more about facts. I watch a video today which said something really smart and it says:
"You tell me how many hospitals have vegans hospitalized, and how many carnivores, you'll noticed there's not a single vegan there".